{"product_id":"pushout-monique-w-morris-9781620970942","title":"Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \"powerful\" (Michelle Alexander) exploration of the harsh and harmful experiences confronting Black girls in schools, and how we can instead orient schools toward their flourishing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the day fifteen-year-old Diamond from the Bay Area stopped going to school, she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone on the staff had missed: she was being trafficked for sex. After months on the run, she was arrested and sent to a detention center for violating a court order to attend school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a work that Lisa Delpit calls \"imperative reading,\" Monique W. Morris chronicles the experiences of Black girls across the country whose complex lives are misunderstood, highly judged--by teachers, administrators, and the justice system--and degraded by the very institutions charged with helping them flourish. Painting \"a chilling picture of the plight of black girls and women today\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e), Morris exposes a world of confined potential and supports the rising movement to challenge the policies, practices, and cultural illiteracy that push countless students out of school and into unhealthy, unstable, and often unsafe futures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt a moment when Black girls are the fastest growing population in the juvenile justice system, \u003cem\u003ePushout\u003c\/em\u003e is truly a book \"for everyone who cares about children\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBook cover photograph by Brittsense\/brittsense.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monique Couvson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620970945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620970942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2016 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2016 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016 pg. 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018","brand":"Monique Couvson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051036504319,"sku":"9781620970942","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_734bd8d0-6c67-46f0-a0e2-b438f1b5ea34.jpg?v=1685010708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pushout-monique-w-morris-9781620970942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}